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On Monday, Dec. 8, Lancaster County Council will decide whether or not to give final approval to the building of the Lennar TreeTops cluster development of 835 homes. Building this development will be a substantial step backward for Lancaster County.

For those of us opposed to the concept of nationalized health care, learning the shameful way that Obamacare was forced on us was like pouring salt in an open wound.
Even after President Barack Obama’s election-year promise that his health-care discussions would be held openly and even televised they were shrouded in secrecy. Details were kept from the public, and backroom favors were exchanged to gain the necessary votes of a few reluctant Democratic senators.

First, a disclaimer: If you aren’t 65 or older, don’t read this. If you haven’t been exposed to farm life in the 1950s and ’60s, don’t read this. If it has been so long since you have been on the farm that you stand at the wrong end of the horse to get your information, don’t read this. If you don’t understand what you just read, don’t read this.

Gov. Nikki Haley is on an 11-day trip to India. There are some who are grumbling, calling her trip just another post-election junket by a politician.
I disagree. I’m glad she taking the trip and, in fact, I think she should make more international trips — a lot more. Several months ago in this space, I even criticized her for having not already gone to India.

I am writing to address the recent Lancaster County Council meeting that was held to determine the continued employment of Steve Willis as county administrator.
In the interest of full disclosure, I am Steve’s younger sister and, while I may be a bit biased toward my brother, I also have a unique, up-close and personal perspective.
Steve has numerous qualities and characteristics that more than qualify him to be the county administrator for Lancaster.

When King David successfully brought the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, he wrote a song of thanksgiving to God, which is recorded in 1 Chronicles 16:7-36.
His first attempt to transport the ark failed miserably because he had not followed God’s instructions, but once he corrected his mistakes, God blessed his efforts.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of my district who have elected me to my fourth term on the Lancaster County Council.
I am honored and take the job you have elected me to do seriously. I am proud to say we have accomplished much over the past 12 years.
During my tenure on County Council, we have worked hard to put policies and procedures in place to protect your tax dollars and receive the very best in services from each county department.

Ten young people participated in the Lancaster District AME Zion churches’ 10th annual Oratorical Expose on Sept. 25.
The purpose of the program is to promote youth development in research and speech.
Each contestant was given three topics to choose from to do their research. The topics were:
• Because of the increase in cost for higher education, do you feel a college education is still a good investment today (why or why not)?
• How has reality TV affected the black family and/or the black community?

It is front page news all across the state and indeed nationwide – a white policeman shot an unarmed black man in an incident at a filling station in Columbia. A dashboard camera in the police car captured much of what happen.
The question is – what now?
Will our state erupt as another Ferguson, or will we be different?

Today I had a chance to speak with John Boehner and congratulated Mitch McConnell on becoming the next Senate majority leader,” said Barack Obama in the opening of his White House press conference following the Democrats’ Nov. 4 massacre. “And I told them both that I look forward to finishing up this Congress’s business and then working together for the next two years to advance America’s business.”
The president is looking forward to “working together to deliver for the American people.”